1.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 25% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.3% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. There were 1,630 households in La Bazoge at the 2023 Census, home to 3,796 residents. 5.8% of households have no car, or about one in 17.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
+4% since 2012: slower than 54% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Sarthe town ±0%.
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below 79% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Bazoge 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in La Bazoge is 45.6, higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Across La Bazoge, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
5.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 32%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of empty homes than 78% of compared French towns: 4.7%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.5%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,010 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,010 a year: higher than in 71% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 5.0% of residents.
La Bazoge: 34% of households are headed by a retired person, above 59% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Put another way, about one in 12: 8.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.4% of residents are immigrants in La Bazoge
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In La Bazoge, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
La Bazoge ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 17%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 53% and 10%, and 6% are widowed. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 17%, a lower share than 62% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
The census found that 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Bazoge. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Chauconin-Neufmontiers (34.4), the youngest, and Soorts-Hossegor (62.6), the oldest.
La Bazoge and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bazoge | 45.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 2.5 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Saturnin 2,774 · 2.6 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Coulaines 8,121 · 5.6 mi | 40.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 12% |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans 3,851 · 6 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 1% | 3% |
| Savigné-l'Évêque 4,031 · 6.7 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.4% | 1% |
| Le Mans 146,249 · 7.3 mi | 40.4 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in La Bazoge
What is the population of La Bazoge?
3,796 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,653).
How old are La Bazoge’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bazoge?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bazoge?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bazoge?
€28,010 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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